Cleopatra Selene has unusual gifts and problems, but her struggle to understand herself and her destiny is universal. Praise for Lily of the Nile 'In this account of the fate of Cleopatra's daughter in the household of Augustus Caesar, Dray reveals the same events we've seen in Rome and I, Claudius from a very different perspective, that of a teenage girl. But there's no telling what success will cost her in a treacherous political game where the only rule is win or die. Faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother's dreams and succeed where she failed.

She can't hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the Roman emperor from using her powers for his own ends. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and is suspect of her faith, Selene struggles for survival in a court of intrigue. But when Alexandria falls and her parents are forced into suicide, the once-pampered princess and her two surviving brothers are left at the mercy of their captors and dragged through the streets of Rome in chains. From the first breath of her life, young Princess Selene understands herself to be a cherished daughter and the future queen of Egypt. The extraordinary daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony seeks to reclaim her birthright in the first novel of an epic historical fiction trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter.

Lily of the nile by stephanie dray